Microsoft Says No To HD-DVD Drives


	Microsoft Says No To HD-DVD Drives

techtipster

2-23-2008 10:27 PM

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xbox, hd-dvd, hddvd, hd, xbox 350, microsoft, blu-ray, tech tips

techtipster says:

Looks like Microsoft is dropping their Xbox 360 hd-dvd drives, a week after Toshiba, who created the HDDVD format, conceded defeat to the more popular (and more advanced) Blu-Ray format.

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